..The model can be used as a theoretical framework to guide intervention planning and evaluation, and can also be used to guide the formulation of questions for empirical research...

Disease severity at time of referral for pediatric failure to thrive and obesity: time for a paradigm shift?

Laurie A MillerSection of Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver 80262, USAJ Pediatr 141:121-4. 2002

..Results indicated that underweight children were mildly underweight, whereas the overweight children were severely so. In primary care settings, underweight children may be referred more aggressively than overweight children...

The efficacy and cost of alternative strategies for systematic screening for type 2 diabetes in the U.S. population 45-74 years of age